Transportation Testing

Transportation testing practices have been established to provide a uniform basis upon which to evaluate the ability of shipping containers to withstand the rigors of the distribution supply chain. Transportation testing also determines how containers, packages or packaging components hold up to particular field conditions that they encounter during their life or testing cycle.

Transportation testing of devices entails designing containers that withstand complex stresses when subjected to vehicle transport. When designing a transportation test plan, tests such as vehicle stacking, vehicle vibration testing, random vibration testing, loose load testing and conditioning of containers or packaging components should be taken into consideration. During transportation testing, exposure to these stresses can affect the container, its interior packaging, means of closure and its contents.

In order to transport devices properly, we help determine the most common packaging or product failures that result during supply chain activities, then replicate those failures in the laboratory. Once replicated, container transportation tests can also serve as a baseline necessary for the modification of future product success.

Test Specifications / Standards

ATSM D4169 Schedule D Stacked Vibration

ATSM D4169 Schedule E Vehicle Vibration

ATSM D4169 Schedule F Loose Load Vibration

ATSM D999 Method A1 Repetitive Shock (Vertical Motion)

Oneida Research Services offers the following device transportation testing developed by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) in the category of transportation stress testing:

Free fall drop test of loaded containers to ASTM-D5276

Vehicle stacking to ASTM-D4169

Vehicle vibration testing of shipping containers to ASTM-D999

Random vibration testing of shipping containers to ASTM-4728

Loose load testing to ASTM-D4169

Conditioning of containers or packaging components to ASTM-D4332

Conditioning of containers or packaging components to ASTM-D4169

Find out how to make sure containers can withstand the stresses of transportation.